AMMUNITION WITH UNFOLDING STABILIZER Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: artillery armament. SUBSTANCE: the ammunition has a cylindrical body with slots in the tail section enveloping the chamber for the payload. The body is closed with a bottom plate. From the inner side the bottom plate has ribs with slots for the axles in pairs according to the number of blades. The blades with the axles enveloped by torsion springs with a coiling of opposite directions with unbent ends are installed in the slots of the bottom plate ribs and retained by a spring. The unbent ends of the spring envelop the lower edges of the ribs. Each of the axles is engageable with its ends with the inner surface of the body tail section. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of the ammunition due to the increase of the cavity for the payload. 2 dwg